After Hurricane Idalia there started popping up of American Flamingos at several places throughout Florida and even a couple in Ohio. It is though that the ones in Florida at least got caught up in the hurricane and brought over from Cuba. A flock was first seen at Fred Howard […]
The third and final island we visited on our trip to Hawaii was the Big Island. Our first afternoon there mostly consisted of driving from Kona to Volcano which is where we stayed the first 2 nights. We did one stop on the way which was Punalu’u Black Sand Beach […]
The second Island we visited was Maui. In Maui we started with the Road to Hana. We made multiple stops including the Garden of Eden, Ke’anae including Aunt Sandy’s Banana Bread, Pua’a Kaa State Wayside Park, Coconut Glen’s Ice Cream, and Kahuna Gardens. We ended the day at Wai’anapanapa State […]
Back from a 2 week trip to Hawaii. It is definitely a special place with so much to see and do despite its small size. We spent the fist 3 1/2 days on Oahu. My big mistake was staying in downtown Honolulu. It was nice being able to see Diamond […]
The St Pete Pier put on a really nice fireworks show tonight. And the finale
I have been waiting anxiously for the Tampa Convention Center to finish construction on the new meeting rooms on the river side of the building so I could return to my favorite angle of downtown and update my shots. It finally reopened a few days ago and there were decent […]
Tampa had a fireworks show tonight. I didn’t want to go into downtown to shoot it but tried from the airport. It was windy and being 4.5 miles away the fireworks weren’t as big as I was hoping. Got a few decent ones but they could have been better.
This post shows an episode of attempted predation by a Laughing Gull of a baby Black Skimmer. This unfortunately is a very common occurrence. It is hard to watch, but unfortunately that is just nature. This baby was grabbed and dropped several times. After it was dropped the first time […]
I went back to the Black Skimmer colony this morning. The morning started out with a fantastic sunrise. There were a couple of nests closer to the ropes this time so it was a little easier to get some shots. However the parents closer to the ropes stayed mostly on […]
Went to visit a Black Skimmer colony this morning. These babies start hatching at the beginning of this week so I think the oldest may be right around a week old. It is tough to get good shots as the nesting area is roped off (for good reason, it is […]